Guest guest Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 String beans & wax beans [aka " mange tout " in Europe] Developed severe allergy after eating them all my life. Suffered anaphylactic shock and nearly died. After trial and error, determined it was this much loved vegetable that I developed a fatal allergy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is it possible you reacted to a coating or spray on the veggies? Sharon - Valerie Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:34 PM Re: what are members food allergies????? Interesting that you posted this - I just had a localized allergic reataction on Monday evening. Chopping/slicing veges! I first of all made a dish of beautiful beefsteak tomatos w/ cucumbers, scallions, fresh basil tossed with some spices and balsamic vinager. Then I sliced some zuchini, yellow squash, more scallion and a few mushrooms that I put on to saute. By that time (less than 30 minutes) my fingertips in my left hand starting tingling, had a shiny appearance. Could not bend my knuckles, felt swollen yet other than the shiny appearance - no one would have known anything was going on with my fingers. Felt swollen, tingly and very stiff. I took some benadryl and called my kids in to watch me until my hubby got home! So, I have since sliced tomatoes, no reaction. The next day scallions and no reaction. I hope to try the other 3 items tomorrow - spaced out during the day. So weird! I have no idea why or if it will even happen again. Pretty scary though and even worse - everything was beautiful and I was afraid to even try a bite.... Valerie in FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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